Al Teacher Certification

Alabama certification is not offered on the basis of educator preparation programs completed at non alabama institutions.
Al teacher certification. The teacher certification office is the conduit between the teacher education candidates and the alabama state department of education. Candidates who wish to obtain alabama teacher certification must take two tests. And your application must be received by the teacher education and certification office of the alabama department of education no later than december 31 st of the same calendar year. Individuals who complete programs at a non alabama institution must first obtain a valid professional educator certificate from another state the district of columbia a united states territory or the department of defense education activity dodea and then apply based.
The first exam the alabama educator certification testing program. Class b bachelors degree class aa sixth year program class a masters degree alternative class a masters degree. Alabama state department of education homepage. The state of alabama designates three levels of teacher certification.
Educator certification is responsible for ensuring that academic requirements for certification approaches are met background clearance requirements for professional and support staff are satisfied and that all test requirements are met for issuance of certificates. Certificate search page description. Alabama teacher testing requirements. There are no items to show in this view of the page description list.
To renew a professional educator certificate valid for 5 years that expires june 30 th all requirements must be completed by september 1 st of the same calendar year. Through our office we seek to recommend candidates for certification once they have completed all of the requirements for the issuance of the professional educator certificate.